>
> * On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 11:22:20AM +0100, jking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx said:
>> > I've noticed other manufacturers using names in addition to numbers in
>> the
>> > US market. Why they can't just use the model number I'll never know.
>> And
>> > yes, Evolt is ugly. But then not a lot more than C*n*n's Digital
>> Rebel.
>> > Hum... silliness.
>>
>> As intel said you can't protect a number e.g. 486 and stop someone else
>> using it but you can protect a name like pentium....
>> James
>
> Ah, very good point ... I'd forgotten about that. :s
>
> But then again, they were going for fully compatible IC designs, whereas
> here we have different systems from different manufacturers, with
> undeniably different aesthetics .. So by just having an Olympus E-500 and
> such, the likely hood of clones and confusion isn't going to happen ...
>
> It could be that they just want people to talk about the name, and guess
> what? We're doing that now ...
>
just announced e500 compatible from APD - advanced photographic devices!
... hmmm maybe not.
James
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